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News story: Queen Mary University host global education conference

 Queen Mary University of London recently co-hosted the 2024 annual Global MOOC & Online Education Conference (GMC) in partnership with Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, with whom Queen Mary has 20-year pioneering partnership.  

News story: Queen Mary Professors recognised in 2025 New Year Honours

Three Queen Mary University of London professors are included in The King’s New Year Honours list 2025, which recognises the extraordinary achievements and service of individuals.

News story: Queen Mary wins silver QS Global Education Award

Professor Louise Younie has won the silver QS Global Education Award at the QS Reimagine Education Awards for her work on helping medical students flourish. 

News story: Social and Climate Justice

The climate crisis is more than a battle against rising temperatures – it is a profound amplifier of inequality says Dr Heather McMullen, Wolfson Institute of Population Health

News story: Queen Mary University launches new Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Education

Queen Mary University of London today announced the launch of an ambitious new Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.

News story: Advancing renewable energy research at Queen Mary University of London

We are committed to finding solutions to the pressing challenges of climate change and sustainable energy.  

News story: Queen Mary University of London leads the way in knowledge exchange

Queen Mary University of London received a number of accolades in the last week, demonstrating the University’s excellence in this area.  

News story: Cross-Faculty collaboration produces new way to improve how drugs work

In a brilliant example of cross-discipline and cross-faculty working, researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Faculty of Science and Engineering have developed a new way to understand ways to make drugs stay in the bloodstream for longer.

News story: Queen Mary University of London seeks to advance AI for drug discovery

Research collaboration with AstraZeneca aims to accelerate the development of new medicines through new analytical capabilities

News story: Queen Mary University of London rated outstanding for education

Queen Mary University of London’s education has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted across all categories for its apprenticeship provision. The University is one of only eight universities nationally to receive this top rating.

News story: Queen Mary University experts attend COP29

Queen Mary University of London is sending a delegation of academics and researchers to Baku, Azerbaijan, to participate in COP29, the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. There, they will share their varied expertise in global sustainability, looking at topics ranging from climate policy to culture-based climate action.  

News story: Queen Mary announces winners of Education Excellence Awards and President and Principal’s Prizes

Queen Mary University of London recognised its 2023/24 winners of the Education Excellence Awards and President and Principal’s Prizes at a presentation on Thursday 23rd May.   

News story: Queen Mary University of London hosts delegation to advance national impact framework in Brazil

On Wednesday 30 October, Queen Mary University of London’s President and Principal, Professor Colin Bailey and Vice Principal International, Professor Helen Bailey, welcomed a high-profile Brazilian delegation to the University. The event, which consisted of panels and presentations from key figures in UK higher education, including the UK Government’s International Education Champion Professor Sir Steve Smith, shared strategies for how universities measure their impact.   

News story: Queen Mary announces dual master's degree programme with top Indian university

On 14 October 2024, Queen Mary University of London signed a partnership agreement with Shoolini University in India. It will allow students from India to earn a dual master's degree with both an Indian and UK qualification.

News story: Pushing for change: Celebrating the Number 1 Black student in the UK

This Black History Month, Queen Mary University of London proudly celebrates the achievements of Kwesi Daniel Bimpong, a fourth-year degree apprentice in Computer Science at one of the world’s leading investment banking and securities companies, Goldman Sachs.

News story: New VP for International welcomes Wuhan University to Queen Mary

Professor Helen Bailey, Queen Mary University’s new Vice Principal International, hosted her first international delegation on Monday 30 September 2024. Together with colleagues including Professor Richard Grose, Director of the Global Policy Institute, she welcomed senior leaders from Wuhan University to the University’s Mile End Campus.

News story: Colin Bailey’s outstanding contribution to social mobility recognised with national award

Professor Colin Bailey, CBE, President and Principal of Queen Mary University of London, has received an Outstanding Contribution award for his work in the field of social mobility.   

News story: Queen Mary University of London receives best results in three years in latest Knowledge Exchange Framework

In the 2024 Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), Queen Mary University of London has achieved the highest possible score among top research-intensive universities for the categories 'research partnerships', 'public and community engagement', and 'IP and commercialisation'. The University also improved its position in a number of other areas.

News story: Helen Bailey joins Queen Mary as new VP for International

Professor Helen Bailey, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate of King’s College London, will be joining Queen Mary University in September as the new Vice Principal for International.

News story: Professor Graham Easton awarded National Teaching Fellowship

Professor Graham Easton from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE. This is the third year in a row that an educator from Queen Mary has received the prestigious award.

News story: Queen Mary University of London receives first Race Equality Charter award

Queen Mary University of London has received a Bronze Award from AdvanceHE for their Race Equality Charter (REC).

News story: Queen Mary recognises four outstanding individuals at summer graduations

Julie Begum, Joanne Hannaford, Peter Heathcote and Padmavati Ramachandran received honorary fellowships and degrees as part of our summer graduation ceremonies.

News story: Queen Mary awards Professor Virginia Davis the Queen Mary Staff Medal at summer graduation

Professor Virginia Davis has been awarded the Queen Mary Staff Medal in recognition of her exceptional, sustained contribution to Queen Mary.   

News story: Queen Mary welcomes delegation from the Royal Thai Embassy in London

On Wednesday 17th July, Queen Mary University of London welcomed the Minister for Education at the Royal Thai Embassy in London, along with members of the Embassy’s Office of Educational Affairs. 

News story: Queen Mary welcomes delegations from Saudi Arabia and China with focus on dentistry and business management. 

This month, Queen Mary welcomed a senior delegation from the University of Ha’il to the Institute of Dentistry for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, followed by a delegation from the Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology, who were hosted by the School of Business and Management. 

News story: Largest-ever cohort graduates from Queen Mary University of London’s Malta campus

On Tuesday, 9 July, 35 students graduated from the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme in Gozo - the third class of graduates in Malta and the largest ever. 

News story: 20-year anniversary: Queen Mary celebrates pioneering partnership with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and 2024 graduates

This week, Queen Mary University of London and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) celebrated the 20th anniversary of their educational collaboration – a partnership which made both universities true pioneers.     

News story: Pioneering project to capture waste heat from University data centre for hot water and heating starts in London

Queen Mary starts green heating refurbishment in Priestley building data centre.  

News story: Queen Mary rises to 92 among global universities

Queen Mary University of London has been ranked 92nd in the world and 9th in the UK in the 2024-25 edition of the influential U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

News story: Queen Mary celebrates graduations at Nanchang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University

Queen Mary is dedicated to opening the doors of opportunity and unleashing the potential of every student - not just our students in the UK but around the world. Our long-established transnational partnerships with leading universities in China equip students with a combination of the best aspects of two different education systems.  This week we celebrated the hard work of more than 440 students graduating from our joint programmes with Nanchang University (NCU) and Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU). 

News story: Queen Mary University of London hosts global discussion on AI policy 

On June 20th, Queen Mary hosted a landmark discussion on AI policy, launching the Policy Forum of the Harvard Data Science Review's special issue, "Future Shock: Grappling with the Generative AI Revolution." 

News story: Queen Mary hosts MedTech Roadshow

Queen Mary University of London recently welcomed esteemed colleagues from academia and the healthcare industry at the MedTech World London Roadshow. The event follows the university’s successful participation at the Med-Tech World Summit in Malta in October 2023, where Queen Mary received the “Excellence in Digital Health Education” Award, and it underlines the university’s leading role in shaping the future of medical education and innovation. 

News story: Queen Mary wins two London Higher awards for student employability and research collaboration, and is highly commended for wellbeing support 

The awards, new this year on the 25th anniversary of London Higher, are for Higher Education Institutions in London.

News story: Queen Mary is one of the highest climbers among UK universities in 2025 QS rankings

Queen Mary University of London has climbed 25 places in the 2025 QS World University Rankings, confirming its position as one of the world’s top universities.

News story: Queen Mary welcomes large Higher Education delegation from Thailand

Global research and innovation opportunities, academic collaborations and student exchanges were among the topics Queen Mary University of London explored with a large delegation of higher education leaders from Thai universities last week. 

News story: Higher Education delegation from Pakistan visits Queen Mary

Queen Mary University of London has welcomed a Higher Education delegation from Pakistan on Thursday, 23 May. The visit follows the launch of the Pak-UK Transnational Education (TNE) Policy at the end of April and a first successful visit by a delegation of Pakistani Vice Chancellors to Queen Mary in February last year. 

News story: Queen Mary explores new routes of collaboration with Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Queen Mary University of London is strengthening its partnership with Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). Last week Queen Mary welcomed MAHE’s Vice Chancellor Lt Gen Dr M D Venkatesh and Dr Karunakar Kotegar, Director of International Affairs, at our Institute of Dentistry (IoD) to explore future collaborations in teaching and research as well as new articulation and progression agreements. 

News story: THE Asia Summit 2024: Queen Mary’s Dr. Andrew Spowage on the strengths of the Joint Educational Institution model

Dr. Andrew Spowage, Director (Industry) at Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Research in Engineering and Materials Education, was recently invited to join a higher education panel discussion at the Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2024 Asia Universities Summit in Kuala Lumpur. The summit was hosted by Sunway University. 

News story: Queen Mary welcomes UGM delegation to Mile End campus

Last week, Queen Mary University of London’s Indonesian education partner Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) met with Queen Mary colleagues. The UGM delegation was led by Dr Bayu Sutikno, Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Faculty of Economics and Business UGM.

News story: 2024 Research and Innovation Awards highlights excellence across Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary’s second annual Research and Innovation Awards highlights excellence across the University, from star early career researchers to impacts in policy, industry and climate action

News story: Queen Mary attends UK HE Transnational Education Mission to Pakistan

Queen Mary recently joined a UK higher education delegation on a 5-day visit to Pakistan. Led by the UK Government’s International Education Champion, Sir Steve Smith, the delegation comprised senior representatives from the UK government, 15 leading UK higher education providers and key stakeholders from across the sector. 

News story: Queen Mary signs new agreement with UESTC

On Wednesday, 24 April, Queen Mary University of London welcomed a delegation from the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (UESTC) to sign a newly developed agreement with the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS) and School of Biological & Behavioural Science (SBBS), providing high-performing graduates with the opportunity to move on to postgraduate study at Queen Mary and earn a one-year master's degree. 

News story: Oxford’s Leah Thompson joins Queen Mary as our first Associate Director of Entrepreneurship.

Queen Mary University of London has appointed Leah Thompson as Associate Director of Entrepreneurship. A newly created role, Leah will lead entrepreneurial support activities across Queen Mary.

News story: Delegation from Sierra Leone visits Queen Mary to explore collaboration and partnerships

Just before Easter, Queen Mary University of London welcomed a delegation from Sierra Leone, led by the country’s Deputy Health Minister, Dr Jalikatu Mustapha. The visit's aim was to explore potential new partnerships and collaborations in teaching and research with a focus on reducing salt intake and hypertension.  

News story: Queen Mary in top 20 Universities targeted by leading employers 

Queen Mary University of London is again among the top 20 UK universities targeted by the largest number of top employers, according to High Fliers Research

News story: Queen Mary partners with the London Medical Exchange to broaden access to its postgraduate education offerings across China

On Sunday, 24 March, Queen Mary University of London formally signed an agreement with the London Medical Exchange (LME) to bring postgraduate medical education to healthcare professionals across China.

News story: The number of Black CEOs leading top-ranking FTSE companies is still too low warns Queen Mary alumnus Gavin Lewis

City MD and former student, Gavin Lewis says the city is still under-represented by Black leaders and that today’s students need to foster a culture of ambition and resilience to succeed.

News story: Malta Conference: The mounting health impacts of urbanisation and how to adjust to a changing environment

On Thursday, 14 March, leading environmental and public health experts from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Malta, Honourable Ministers, policy makers and members of the community came together at our Malta Campus to discuss ‘The Environmental Health Challenges of Urbanisation’.  

News story: Queen Mary University Footballer Aims for World Cup Glory with Pakistan

Imran Kayani, a third-year student at Queen Mary University of London, is poised to represent Pakistan in their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Jordan, the furthest they’ve got in the 75-year history. The 22-year-old is impressively balancing the demands of international football and his academic studies in Computer Science.  

News story: Celebrating the women inspiring inclusion at Queen Mary this International Women’s Day

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Inspiring Inclusion’

News story: Experienced Impact Investor to lead London Social Venture Fund Project.

New initiative seeks to support new startups with a social purpose.

News story: Queen Mary celebrates first anniversary of the Queen Mary School Hainan, BUPT

On Tuesday 27 February, Queen Mary University of London President and Principal Professor Colin Bailey CBE visited the Queen Mary School Hainan (QMSH), BUPT to celebrate the first anniversary of Queen Mary’s new Hainan campus. The Principal’s visit marks the beginning of a series of events celebrating 20 years of collaboration between Queen Mary and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT).

News story: News release: India delegation

The Principal led a delegation of 22 staff representing 9 nationalities to India this week, to strengthen our existing partnerships and relationships and broker new ones. The trip underlines the growing importance of India as a partner region to Queen Mary.

News story: Principal Colin Bailey speaks at QS India Summit for Higher Education in Chennai 

President and Principal of Queen Mary University of London, Professor Colin Bailey CBE, joined an expert panel at the QS India Summit for Higher Education in Chennai on Saturday 10 February. 

News story: Queen Mary signs agreement with Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

Queen Mary University of London is continuing to grow its network of higher education partners in India.

News story: Queen Mary University London unveils a new Library to serve over 19,500 students and academics with first-class access to learning

Queen Mary celebrates its extended Mile End Library, a sister building to the British Library.

News story: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications make annual trip to Queen Mary ahead of 20-year celebrations

Queen Mary University of London welcomed two delegations from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) on Monday 22 January. The first delegation was led by Prof Hongxiang Sun, Vice President of BUPT. The second included Programme Directors from the Joint Programme (JP) / Joint Institute (JEI) and was led by Prof Guo Li, Vice Dean of the International School of BUPT.

News story: Queen Mary bolsters its successful apprenticeship programme with a new offer for 2025

Queen Mary marks the start of Apprenticeship week with the announcement of new apprenticeship programmes. 

News story: Professor Colin Bailey delivers keynote on digital education at Shanghai conference, sharing Queen Mary’s expertise in leadership and innovation

Queen Mary University of London President and Principal, Professor Colin Bailey CBE, delivered a keynote speech on digital education and spoke at a panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the second World Digital Education Conference in Shanghai on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 January 2024.  

News story: Queen Mary welcomes Whistling Woods International to London

On Tuesday 30 January, Queen Mary University of London welcomed a delegation from Whistling Woods International to our campus in Mile End.

News story: Queen Mary welcomes Sichuan University to campus for the first time since 2019

Queen Mary University of London welcomed a delegation from Sichuan University to their London campus for the first time since 2019. 

News story: Universities from across the globe visit Queen Mary last term

Over the autumn term we hosted a number of visits from different universities from across the globe.

News story: Five research projects funded as part of Queen Mary partnership with Cornell University

Five research projects that bring together academics from Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University will receive seed funding.  

News story: Queen Mary and Institute of Business Administration Karachi develop partnership to streamline students into masters programmes at the School of Business and Management

Queen Mary University of London and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi signed a memorandum of understanding in December in Pakistan.